>How long can I keep the virgins caged?? You'll need attendants and food. Myself, I wouldn't keep a queen caged more than 7 days. In multiple queen swarms, -IMO, it is better to let the bees sort it out, If you had a place to use her, that would be beneficial. -But a queen sitting in a cage with no place to go, is of benefit to nobody. >Has anyone ever found this in a swarm?? I find them more than occasionally. >What caused this? Did they wait a couple of days too late to swarm?? Could be a combined swarm... Sometimes more than one queen leaves with the swarm for no good reason. Best Wishes, Joe Waggle *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm